Retelling of "Belling the Cat" by Rus (age 8)

A Cheesy Solution

by

Aidan Piercey

            Once there was a family of cats that would sneak into the kitchen and grab all the

food they could find. One day an army of mice came into the kitchen because the humans

were fond of cheese and left it everywhere. The mice would follow a leader and even copy

what he said. Every ten seconds you would hear them squeak, "MARCH!". Then the cats had

a meeting, for they were losing all the food.  The mice did not only like cheese! Then as they  

held a meeting, the oldest asked, "How will we get rid of these mice?"

            Then the youngest squeaked, "Let's put out mouse traps to catch those mice."

            "Great idea!" the others praised.

            "Very well," croaked the oldest mouse, "Who will set the traps?"   Realizing they had

no traps to set, no one meowed any more.